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Developers, have you got your Meffys entry completed?

Ewan — Thu, 05 May 2011 17:19:23 +0000

The deadline for entry submission for the upcoming Meffys Awards 2011 is fast approaching. You’ll need to be quick, but you can still qualify for the £75 special entry fee if you’re a small applications developer. I strongly encourage you to take the time to submit your apps — the resulting exposure (even if you don’t ultimately win) can be phenomenally useful. Even the nominees get exposure at the event — to a lot of very senior people.

You’ve got until Friday evening — that’s tomorrow — to get your entries submitted. It’ll only take about 5 minutes. Use this link to get started.

As a reminder, here are the award categories:

Best Game
Best Music Service
Best TV & Video Service
Best Content
Best Content Discovery & Personalisation Service
Best Social Media Service
Best Ad Campaign
Best Brand on Mobile
Best Mobile Website
Best Blockbuster App
Best Innovative App
Best Technology Innovation
Best Innovative Business Model
Best Innovation in a Mobile First Market
Best M-Commerce Service
Best Business Intelligence
Best Mobile Connected Device
Outstanding Contribution Award

Kudos by the way to OpenMarket and BlueVia who are sponsoring the event.

The Meffy’s special entry rate for developers, just £75

Ewan — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:26:12 +0000

I wanted to do a quick reminder about the upcoming Meffys Awards (from the MEF).

There’s a special entry rate for developers — just £75. Now, to be clear, developers in this context are defined as those who meet the following criteria:

- Have a maximum of 3 members of staff
- Have been in business for a maximum of one year
- Have had no external investment

If you’re an app developer and you’d like to get on the radar of some of the world’s largest entertainment companies, this new developer rate is a super deal (compared to the standard entry rate of £350).

You can find out a lot more here: http://www.meffys.com/

Meffys Awards 2011 – get your entry in!

Ewan — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:09:58 +0000

Right then, thinking caps on and creative brains in gear! The Meffys Awards are now open for entry. The categories span the entire mobile content & commerce ecosystem so there’s sure to be one for your product or service.

If you’re proud of what your team has achieved this year, get some recognition with a Meffys Award.

The winners will be announced at a Gala Dinner on the 7th of July 2011 in Covent Garden’s Connaught Rooms. It’s always a fantastic event and the networking is second-to-none. Indeed, it’s worth going along just for that, even if you haven’t submitted an entry.

Here are this year’s categories:

Best Game
Best Music Service
Best TV & Video Service
Best Content
Best Content Discovery & Personalisation Service
Best Social Media Service
Best Ad Campaign
Best Brand on Mobile
Best Mobile Website
Best Blockbuster App
Best Innovative App
Best Technology Innovation
Best Innovative Business Model
Best Innovation in a Mobile First Market
Best M-Commerce Service
Best Business Intelligence
Best Mobile Connected Device
Outstanding Contribution Award

If you’re a small mobile developer, I’d like to draw your attention to this text in the Meffys announcement:

This year, MEF is also offering a special developer rate of £75 per entry.

A very good rate. You can find out more information here.

The deadline for entries is 6pm on Tuesday 26th of April. Every success!

Meffys 2010 Awards: Layar, Novatel, Shazam, Flirtomatic

Ewan — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:41:03 +0000

It’s time for another round of videos from last week’s Meffys 2010 Awards.

The Best Mobile Connected Device award went to Novatel‘s MiFi Intelligent Hotspot:

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The Best Music Service award went to Shazam:

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The Best Social Media award went to Flirtomatic:

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The Best Technology Innovation award went to Layar:

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Meffys 2010 Awards: Taptu, Zed, MTS & Wau Movil

Ewan — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:29:55 +0000

After the first batch of Meffys award videos, it’s now time for the second batch featuring Taptu, Zed, MTS & Wau Movil. Here we go:

The Best Content Discovery award went to Taptu:

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The Best Cross Platform Content award went to Zed Group for their work on Planet 51:

Download M4V Video | Subscribe to Podcast | Embed video

Russia’s MTS won the Best Cross Platform Technology award for their work on Omlet.ru:

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And the team over at Wau Movil won the Best M-Commerce award for their work on the First Gateway for Latin America:

Download M4V Video | Subscribe to Podcast | Embed video

Thanks go to The Symbian Foundation for supporting the production of videos from the event. Thank you Symbian, you rock!

Meffys 2010 Awards: Introduction & first winners

Ewan — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:30:53 +0000

Ok it’s time for the first batch of Meffys 2010 award videos. Before we begin, here’s the introductory video played at the event (look out for the wicked dancing by yours truly):

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The Outstanding Contribution Award: Andrew Tsu of Synaptics (this is the chap who developed the modern capacitive touchscreen!)

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Best Consumer Experience: FindaProperty (for their iPhone app)

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Best Ad Campaign: Fancharge:

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Thanks go to The Symbian Foundation for supporting the production of videos from the event. Thank you Symbian, you rock!

It’s the MEFFY’s tonight!

Ewan — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:32:05 +0000

I’m looking forward to the MEFFYs tonight — the MEFFYs, hosted by the Mobile Entertainment Forum — have swiftly become one of the most prestigious ceremonies on the awards calendar, highlighting the best the mobile entertainment industry has to offer. It’s not just about winning awards or being shortlisted though (congratulations to those on the list!), the networking is simply phenomenal.

This evening I’m guest on RIM’s table. I shall be working hard to avoid anyone seeing my scuffed and well used 9700. (Having bought the phone about a month ago, I spent a whole day in Marlow dropping the phone on the pavement — literally 24 hours worth of ‘butterfingers’. I don’t know what was wrong with me. I really should have got a cover for it.)

I’m working too, though. Indeed I have explained to RIM that I might have to dash off now and again — for I am filming! Oh yes. Thanks to the gracious support of MEFFY’s sponsor, Symbian, We’ve arranged for me to be located in the green room. When the award winners leave the stage after collecting their awards, they will be ushered into the green room where I shall interview them on camera.

So even if you’re not going to the awards (a mistake, if you’re based in London or nearby Europe), you’ll be able to experience the excitement of the winners. They will be channelling it through the camera to you.

If you’re going tonight, look out for me and do say hi.

Kudos to the event’s other sponsors: Dolby, Buongiorno, Symbian, 7Digital, MTS, QuickPlay Media and Vodafone.

The Meffys: Four days to get your entry in!

Ewan — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:40:24 +0000

I’m judging the Meffys again this year and I’m really looking forward to it. The Meffys, if you haven’t come across them, are run by the Mobile Entertainment Forum to highlight best-in-class mobile entertainment products and services.

Whilst the event is fundamentally about awarding excellence — and winning an award grants substantial kudos — it’s one of those events that I strongly recommend you participate in. The sheer range of calibre people at the awards means that even just being shortlisted will put you on the radar of some highly useful people, not least the array of journalists who’ll be attending. You only have to look down the who’s who on the MEF membership to swiftly recognise this.

There are categories for almost every mobile entertainment related product/service you can think of, but I’d like to draw reader attention to the six new categories for 2010. They are:

- Content Discovery & Personalization

- Cross-Platform Award

- App Store Blockbuster Award

- Innovative App Award

- M-Commerce Award

- Mobile Connected Device Award

I reckon I could name about 10 companies off the top of my head that would suit for each category. I was actually about to start writing out suggestions for companies I’d like to see participate, but that’s not a good idea as I don’t know what I’ll be judging yet.

If you’ve got something that will fit nicely into those categories, get stuck in. (Also, do browse all of the categories)

Entry costs £100 if you’re already an MEF member and £300 if you’re not.

If you are planning on entering, I strongly recommend attaching a link to a Youtube video or even a screencast of your entry because when it comes to deliberations, it can sometimes be really insightful to *see* the product/service in action, not just read about it — especially since so much in the Mobile Entertainment field is visual.

There’s not a moment to lose though. The deadline is this Friday. So there’s still time to do a good job of the entry, but no time to hang around.

Head over to the Meffys site for more information and inspiration. Good luck!

INQ win ‘best handset’ at Global Mobile Awards 2009

Ben Smith — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:01:13 +0000

Hutchison handset spin-off INQ – makers of the low cost INQ1 ‘social mobile’ won the award for ‘Best Handset’ at the Global Mobile Awards at Mobile World Congress last night. They beat giants such as Nokia and T-Mobile to the prize. This is a huge endorsement for their strategy and device and comes at an ideal time for them as they look to expand internationally beyond the confines of Three’s networks. We’ll bring you some comment from the team as soon as we can prize the champagne away from them.

Other winners at the awards were the BBC for mobile iPlayer, Nokia for Sportstracker and the government of France for government leadership.

Why o2′s Bluebook wasn’t nominated in our awards

Ewan — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:39:38 +0000

We didn’t nominate o2′s Bluebook mobile address book backup service in our recent awards for a number of reasons. All discussed in this week’s 6th (and bonus) episode of the MIR Show:

(By the way, here’s Ben’s original review of the service.)

MIR Awards – Best Use of Public Mobile

Ewan — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:38:53 +0000

Vodafone were rightly delighted to learn of their win in the Best Use of Public Mobile category in the MIR Awards 2008. Here’s the 2-minute individual award category video:

You can see the full Awards Show here.

MIR Awards – Best Value Product

Ewan — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:36:59 +0000

We’ve created some smaller MIR Show videos for individual award categories (based on the recent MIR Awards 2008). Here’s the announcement of the Best Value Product:

Congratulations to winner, Clickatell.

You can see the full Awards Show here.

Mobile Industry Review Show – Awards Special

Ewan — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:17:08 +0000

It’s time for the Mobile Industry Review 2008 Awards (formerly known as the SMS Text News Awards — before we changed our name).

It took us a long time. Months, in fact. Regular meetings, arguments, distractions, testing, pondering… but it’s here.

Yesterday the MIR Show team headed down to a swanky hotel in London to film the results… only to be rather impressed with the beautiful summer day. So we took to the Gardens at Temple, overlooking the Thames and delivered the results in glorious sunshine. (It’s rare to get a day like this in London — especially in October. It’s normally soggy rain, rain followed by rain.)

There’s a few contentious results. Even during filming, there were still discussions and rumenations. However I’m pleased to publish them.

We’ll have a full list up online shortly including links to all the nominees and winners.

CATEGORIES, NOMINEES AND WINNERS:
(winners are indicated in red)

Best Marketing Campaign ( 01:33 )
Strongbow (Flirtomatic)
CityAM & Mippin
Cassidy

Best Mobile Instant Messenger ( 02:19 )
Palringo
IM+
Agile Messenger
Goggle Talk on Blackberry
Trutap

Best Mobile Related Corporate Social Responsibility Story ( 03:04 )
Orange Rock Corps
Nokia for environmental friendly mobile charges
Stand By What You Say – Spinvox

Best Public Relations Campaign ( 04:33 )
LG Blog
WOMWorld
Texperts
3MobileBuzz

Best Gadget ( 05:21 )
Loc8r (from glasto): GPS thing
Proporta mobile charger
Flip camera

Mobile Industry Hero ( 06:29 )
Steve Jobs of Apple
Google Founders
Jyri Armstrong
Jay Fenton

Mobile Industry Villain ( 07:43 )
Ofcom
The phrase ‘unlimited’
Vodafone porting
PhonePayPlus
Carphone Warehouse (for iPhone 3G launch)

Best Mobile Blogger ( 09:20 )
All About Symbian (AAS)
S60 Nokia Blog
Boy Genius
Stephen Fry
The Outsider

Most Innovative UK Operator ( 10:20 )
Vodafone
3 UK
Blyk

Best Mobile Application ( 11:23 )
Shozu
Shazam
Yap
Google Maps
Qik
NewsGator
JoikuSpot
Handy Taskman

Best Mobile Handset ( 12:37 )
iPhone 3G
Nokia N95 8GB
Blackberry Pearl
Nokia N71
Nokia N82

Best Use of SMS ( 14:22 )
Paypal
Crimestoppers
Virgin Vie
Texamundo
AddisonLee
Clickatell FNB

Best Public Use of Mobile ( 15:25 )
Mediaburst SOS Response
Vodafone and UN
Orange RockCore

Best Value Product ( 16:58 )
Google Maps
3 PAYG Broadband
Clickatell
Spinvox Memo (it’s FREE)
Mippin – it’s FREE
Goosync

Best Use of Mobile ( 18:00 )
ShopQwik
Lastminute Fonefood
Halifax Brooding Society

Best Mobile Service ( 19:08 )
Momail
Spinvox
DeviceAnywhere
Shazam
Text answer services combined with Textperts and AQA
Skyfire

Best Mobile Industry Review Reader ( 20:32 )
Kip Hakes
Mike42
Terence Eden
Dan’s Stalker
Stefan

The Mobile Industry Review Awards: Monday

Ewan — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:36:27 +0000

We’re recording the Mobile Industry Review Awards — both the nominations and the winners — tonight.

I’ve just overseen the creation of our fancy envelopes with the results inside.

SHHHH. Can’t tell you who’s won.

Dan Lane, Ben Smith and James Whatley will be presenting alternate categories, listing out the nominations — and then ripping open the envelope, announcing the winner — and then explaining our reasoning.

It’s been a bit of a while coming. The final deliberations took us something like 4 hours. But we’re done and we’re live on Monday.

I think it will probably have to be a separate video from the usual Monday show — so expect two on Monday.

Sony Ericsson Calls for Entries to its 2008 Content Awards

preshit — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:28:36 +0000

Sony Ericsson has just announced their annual 2008 Sony Ericsson Content Awards and are calling upon entries for the same. The annual event honors outstanding achievements in mobile content development.

The company has opened up the entries for the competition beginning today and will continue till November 30, 2008 and is open for all mobile developers who have created content, applications and services for Sony Ericsson Phones. From all the submissions, finalists are planned to be selected somewhere in December and a winners will be announced in an official online ceremony on February 5, 2009.

This year, there are 7 categories earmarked for the event.

Being Productive
Going Green
In-Car Applications
Mobile Entertainment
Lifestyle Experiences
Themes and Graphics
Xperia X1 Panels

According to Sony Ericsson, the winners will be judged on ease of use, entertainment factor, innovation, look and feel, uniqueness, creativity and audio performance. Last year, the awards provided a great platform for exposure for mobile developers around the globe with RealNetworks, BitCycle, Opera, Gracenote, Metronize/Clavitones and Vringo winning awards.

[Official Site]

Choosing a trophy for the MIR Awards 2008

Ewan — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:01:26 +0000

Besides nominations for the Mobile Industry Review 2008 Awards, the other thing I’ve been looking at are trophies.

There’s a world of choice out there, especially if you’d like a cricket ball in a grasping hand, or a football (“soccer”) boot in motion. Or a medal.

I did for a moment drift off in a dream state thinking it would be rather cool to issue medals to winners. I gave that a good five minutes of joy before coming back to Earth. Our awards need to look good in the trophy cabinets of the winners.

11cm, 15cm or 20cm? Well, if in doubt, I’ve been picking the biggest. That’s how entrepreneurs do it, right? Buy the biggest.

And, er, get a discount.

I’ve ordered a few samples with the MOBILE INDUSTRY REVIEW logo engraved.

I was thinking silver. Then I moved to a bit of funky mahogany with silver. I looked at commissioning some sort of Motorola RAZR set into steel or the like — that would have been fun. And prohibitively expensive at 500 quid a pop. We’ve not been able to reach agreement with any potential sponsors ergo since it’s all being funded by yours truly, I’m taking a bit of a more direct approach.

I said to the chap it might be quicker — and definitely cheaper — BUYING 20 RAZRs and supergluing them a fancy stand. The chap was silent and didn’t ‘get me’.

I finally settled on glass. Then I’ve been sat pondering what kind of shape. A star? A weird half circular block?

Or, perhaps, does-what-it-says-on-the-tin (“simple”) rectangular shape?

I’d welcome your viewpoints.

Awards update: Nominations due this week

Ewan — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:31:13 +0000

I’ve been going through the nominations for the Mobile Industry Review Awards. There’s a ton. An absolute ton.

The casting vote on nomination is with me. I am, for example, weeding out the dross. For example, whilst I respect and appreciate one reader’s nomination of a screwdriver as the best mobile gadget, on the grounds that it’s ‘a varied, reliable and multifaceted tool,’ that’s not quite what we had in mind.

I’d like to see how far a screwdriver or a stapler would get against some of the other gadgets nominated.

It’s difficult enough deciding the final line-up for each category. Initially I wanted to have 3 nominations in each category, with one winner. But in some cases, I simply can’t decide. I reckon we might end up with 5 in some categories.

I’ve given myself a few more days of deliberating.

Then we’ll be going live with the shortlist of nominations.

After that, I defer to the Mobile Industry Review team.

In alphabetical order:

Ricky Chotai
Dan Ilett
Jonathan Jensen
Samantha Kidd
Dan Lane
Krystal London
Ewan MacLeod
Ben Smith
James Whatley

Everyone will have an equal vote. There’s 9 of us so it’ll be uneven and, I hope, straightforward. But if it’s anything like the amount of time I — and in particular, Dan Ilett — have spent on the nominations, it’s going to be a challenging process.

Mobile Industry Review awards – update

Ewan — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:31:43 +0000

Just another update.Â We’ve been doing a ton of work on the Mobile Industry Review awards. It’s been taking up a lot of time.Â Dan and his assistants have been pouring through the nominations (300+ in all) and next week we’ll be in a position to:

* Announce the nomination shortlist for each category
* Announce the judging panel
* Announce the key date

All very exciting stuff.

I’m looking forward to being able to formally congratulate the winners!

Curiously, one of the most popular categories has been the ‘villain’ category.Â If you recall, we asked for your nominations for a mobile industry villain and… heh, you weren’t shy.Â I think I better present that one.

If you’d like your company to be associated with the awards — drop me a note.

More soon!

Sponsors wanted for the Mobile Industry Review Awards

Dan — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:50:43 +0000

Hello there

We’re busily working through your entries for the Mobile Industry Review Awards 2008.

We’re now at the stage where we’d like to offer sponsorship slots for the awards. We’ve already had a few slots go, but here are the details. You can download the very cool PDF if you click smsawards.

Email me: dan@mobileindustryreview.com

The Mobile Industry Review is giving away 20 awards to honour the best

(and one dreadful) in the mobile industry. After hundreds of nominations

itâ€™s now time to announce the winners. Awards will be presented online.

? Best handset

? Best application in mobile

? Best marketing campaign

? Best public social use of mobile

? Best business person in the mobile industry

? Best use of SMS text message

? Best mobile marketing manager

? Best business use of mobile

? Best instant messaging tool

? Most innovative operator

? Best blogger

? Industry hero

? Industry villain

? Best service

? Best gadget

? Best reader

? Best user

? Best value product

? Best CSR story

? Best PR campaign

Note: Companies cannot sponsor a category they have entered

Category Sponsorship

Â£1000 per category

Associate yourself with the best and brightest in the mobile industry!

You can be a part of it by sponsoring one of the award categories, the

entire event, or purchase a video of the judges talking about why you

won the award.

Event Sponsorship

Â£5000

You will get three pieces of filmed content around the event, plus your logo on the awards

section on the site and all stories connected. You can also introduce the awards on the big day.

Purchase your video Â£400

See yourself winning time and time again. Show your mum. Show your friends…

Sponsors wanted for the Mobile Industry Review Awards

Dan — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:01:15 +0000

Hello there

We’re busily working through your entries for the Mobile Industry Review Awards 2008.

The Mobile Industry Review is giving away 20 awards to honour the best

(and one dreadful) in the mobile industry. After hundreds of nominations

itâ€™s now time to announce the winners. Awards will be presented online.

? Best handset

? Best application in mobile

? Best marketing campaign

? Best public social use of mobile

? Best business person in the mobile industry

? Best use of SMS text message

? Best mobile marketing manager

? Best business use of mobile

? Best instant messaging tool

? Most innovative operator

? Best blogger

? Industry hero

? Industry villain

? Best service

? Best gadget

? Best reader

? Best user

? Best value product

? Best CSR story

? Best PR campaign

Note: Companies cannot sponsor a category they have entered

Category Sponsorship

Â£1000 per category

Associate yourself with the best and brightest in the mobile industry!

You can be a part of it by sponsoring one of the award categories, the

entire event, or purchase a video of the judges talking about why you

won the award.

Event Sponsorship

Â£5000

You will get three pieces of filmed content around the event, plus your logo on the awards

section on the site and all stories connected. You can also introduce the awards on the big day.

Purchase your video Â£400

See yourself winning time and time again. Show your mum. Show your friends…

We’re in the ComputerWeekly blog awards shortlist

Ewan — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:26:41 +0000

The chaps at Computer Weekly have kindly included us in their blog awards.

If you’ve got two minutes, nominate us — and our colleague Steve’s site too (The Hot Aisle). It’s a piece of simplicity. You’ll find us under Mobile Blogs and The Hot Aisle under CIO blogs.

Awards deadline less than four hours away

Rob — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:23:13 +0000

There’s just a matter of hours left before the entries close for the SMS Text News Awards close.

In a little under four hours the email address will be switched off and a small handful of dedicated people will examine each of the hundreds of entries to determine who has it and who, (in the case of one award) doesn’t.

Once again, the categories are:

Best handset
Best application in mobile
Best marketing campaign
Best public social use of mobile
Best business person in the mobile industry
Best user
Best mobile marketing manager
Best CSR story
Best instant messaging tool
Most innovative operator
Best blogger
Industry hero
Industry villain
Best service
Best gadget
Best reader
Best use of SMS text message
Best value product
Best business use of mobile
Best PR campaign

Everything you wanted to know about the SMS Text News Awards

Ewan — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:44:07 +0000

Hello!

‘Tis I. Ewan. Your friendly mobile blogger from SMS Text News.

Ah hah!

You’ll have noticed that we’ve posted quite regularly about the upcoming SMS Text News Awards.

We’ve had hundreds of entries so far so thank you very much indeed to all who have taken the time to do so.

1. Entry. You need to be quick. We need a description and a note on the category(s) that you are entering for. The deadline is tomorrow. Quick! Email us a holding email if you like as we won’t begin the judging. The email is awards@smstextnews.com.

Don’t be shy. A few enterprising companies have entered for almost every category.

2. Prizes. We were looking at a 6ft bronze statue of SMS Text News contributor, James Whatley, posing with an N95 and an N82 in his hands, for all winners. Whilst we liked this concept and it could look rather fetching in the reception areas of the winners, we eventually decided on some kind of plaque/shield.

3. Award ceremony. Yeah, none of that. We won’t be doing sit-down dinners or black tie arrangements. Not yet. The overhead for this is a bit high. We’ll be announcing the winners on the site during a live chat event.

4. Profiles. We’ll be doing a piece on each winner and we’ll also be doing smaller pieces on the runner-ups. Everyone’s a winner!

5. Judging panel. The panel is being composed as we speak. Image rights are being negotiated. I’m on it, but other participants will be announced momentarily.

Any questions? Mail!

SMS Text News Awards – submission deadline approaching fast

Rob — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:51:50 +0000

Just a polite reminder. The deadline is looming for submissions to the SMS Text Awards. We’ve had hundreds of entries for the 20 categories and the deadline in next week- the 25th July.

Somehow I have a foreboding feeling a handful of us will be going blind with reading over the next couple of weeks.

So just as a reminder, we are giving out 19 awards for mobile industry excellence and one award for being dreadful.

The categories are:

Best handset
Best application in mobile
Best marketing campaign
Best public social use of mobile
Best business person in the mobile industry
Best user
Best mobile marketing manager
Best CSR story
Best instant messaging tool
Most innovative operator
Best blogger
Industry hero
Industry villain
Best service
Best gadget
Best reader
Best use of SMS text message
Best value product
Best business use of mobile
Best PR campaign

If youâ€™d like to submit an entry (awards@smstextnews.com). Results will be announced in August, so stand by for details on thatâ€¦

Entries can tell us anything you think will win you a prize but can be a maximum of only 500 words.

SMS Text News Awards – get your entries in

Dan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:11:39 +0000

We’ve had more than 300 entries for the SMS Text News Awards ’08 already. It’s pretty shocking, and I wasn’t quite aware I was letting myself in for so much reading, but we’re now electing a board of judges…

It’s a fantastic response and I don’t think we’ve seen the end of the entries by any means.

So just as a reminder, we are giving out 19 awards for mobile industry excellence and one award for being dreadful.

The categories are:

Best handset
Best application in mobile
Best marketing campaign
Best public social use of mobile
Best business person in the mobile industry
Best user
Best mobile marketing manager
Best CSR story
Best instant messaging tool
Most innovative operator
Best blogger
Industry hero
Industry villain
Best service
Best gadget
Best reader
Best use of SMS text message
Best value product
Best business use of mobile
Best PR campaign

If youâ€™d like to submit an entry (awards@smstextnews.com), the deadline is July 25th. Results will be announced in August, so stand by for details on thatâ€¦

Entries can tell us anything you think will win you a prize but can be a maximum of only 500 words.